HomeMy WebLinkAbout657 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 657
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AND
ADOPTING AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE REDEVELOPMENT
PLAN FOR THE RANCHO REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga (the "City
Council" or "Council") has received from the Rancho Cucamonga Redevelopment Agency (the
"Agency") the proposed Amendment No. 2 to the Redevelopment Plan for the Rancho
Redevelopment Project Area (the "Amendment"), a copy of which is on file at the office of the
City Clerk, 10550 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, California, and at the office of the
Agency at the same address, together with the report of the Agency prepared pursuant to
Section 33352 of the California Health and Safety Code, including without limitation a
description of the remaining blight in the Project Area, and the portion, if any, of the Project
Area that is no longer blighted, and the projects that are required to be completed to eradicate
the remaining blight therein; the proposed method of financing the redevelopment of the Project
Area; the report and recommendations of the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho
Cucamonga as to the conformity of the Amendment with the City's General Plan; a summary of
consultations with Project Area owners and businesses; an environmental impact report which
includes the Project Area described in the Amendment; a neighborhood impact report
describing the impact of the Redevelopment Plan upon residents of the Project Area and
surrounding areas; a summary of consultations with taxing agencies; and an implementation
plan; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga has
submitted to the City Council its report and recommendations concerning the Amendment and
its certification that the Redevelopment Plan conforms to the General Plan for the City of
Rancho Cucamonga; and
WHEREAS, the City Council on June 6, 2001 held a public hearing on the Draft
Supplemental Environmental Impact Report, prepared in accordance with the California
Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.), and the guidelines
for implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act (14 Cal. Adm. Code Section
15000 et seq.) and the Supplemental EIR was thereafter revised and supplemented to
incorporate comments received and responses thereto; and
WHEREAS, the Agency and City Council have certified the adequacy of the final
Supplemental EIR, submitted pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21151 and Health
and Safety Code Section 33352; and
WHEREAS, the City Council and the Agency held a joint public hearing on June
6, 2000 on adoption of the Amendment in the Rancho Cucamonga City Council Chambers,
10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, California; and
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WHEREAS, notice of said hearing was duly and regularly published in the Inland
Valley Daily Bulletin, a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date of said hearing, and a copy of said
notices and affidavits of publication are on file with the City Clerk and the Secretary of the
Agency; and
WHEREAS, copies of the notice of joint public hearing were mailed by first class
mail to the last known address of each assessee as shown on the last equalized assessment
roll of the County of San Bernardino for each parcel of land in the Project Area not less than 30
days prior to the hearing; and
WHEREAS, copies of the notice of joint public hearing were mailed to all
residents and businesses within the Project Area whose addresses were reasonably obtainable
by the Agency not less than 30 days prior to the hearing; and
WHEREAS, copies of the notice of joint public hearing were mailed by certified
mail with return receipt requested to the governing body of each taxing agency which receives
taxes from property in the Project Area; and
WHEREAS, .the City Council has considered the report from the Planning
Commission, the report of the Agency, the Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan and its
economic feasibility, and the Supplemental EIR, has provided an opportunity for all persons to
be heard, and has received and considered all evidence and testimony presented for or against
any and all aspects of the Redevelopment Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION1: The City Council hereby finds and determines, based on
substantial evidence in the record, including, but not limited to, the
Agency's Report to the City Council on the proposed Amendment
No. 2 to the Redevelopment Plan for the Rancho Redevelopment
Project Area, and all documents referenced therein, and evidence
and testimony received at or prior to the joint public hearing on
adoption of the Amendment held on June 6, 2001, that:
a) The extension of the time limit to incur debt in the Project
Area is necessary because significant blight remains within
the Project Area.
b) The blight cannot be eliminated with the establishment of
additional debt.
SECTION2: The Redevelopment Plan for the Rancho Redevelopment Project
is hereby amended as follows:
"The Agency shall not establish or incur loans, advances
or indebtedness to be paid with the proceeds of property
taxes beyond January 1, 2014."
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The Redevelopment Plan for the Rancho Redevelopment Project
is hereby amended to authorize the Agency to provide or
participate in providing the following additional facilities or
improvements:
a) Improve the freeway interchange at Base Line Road and
the I-15 Freeway
b) Construct a Satellite City Yard facility
c) Install a fiber optic ring
d) Widen Haven Avenue from Base Line Road to the SR-30
Freeway
e) Improve Foothill Boulevard from Vineyard Avenue west to
the City limits.
SBCTION4: All oral objections presented to the City Council at or prior to the
hearing have been considered and, no written objections having
been received, such oral objections are hereby overruled.
SBCTION S: That certain document entitled "Final Supplemental Environmental
Impact Report for Amendment No. 2 to the Redevelopment Plan
for the Rancho Redevelopment Project" a copy of which is on file
in the office of the Agency, and in the office of the City Clerk,
having been duly reviewed and considered, is hereby incorporated
into this Ordinance by reference and made a part hereof. All
activities undertaken by the Agency and/or the City of Rancho
Cucamonga pursuant to or in implementation of the Amendment
shall be undertaken in accordance with the mitigation measures
and mitigation monitoring plan set forth in said Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Report, and the Agency shall undertake
such additional environmental reviews as necessary at the time of
implementation of such activities.
S~CTION S: That certain document entitled "Amendment No. 2 to the
Redevelopment Plan for the Rancho Redevelopment Project", the
maps contained therein, and such other reports as are
incorporated therein by reference, a copy of which is on file in the
office of the Agency, and the office of the City Clerk, having been
duly reviewed and considered, is hereby incorporated in this
Ordinance by reference and made a part hereof.
EE~_,ZIDJ~LT_: The City Clerk is hereby directed to send a certified copy of this
Ordinance to the Agency; thereupon the Agency is vested with the
responsibility for carrying out the Amended Redevelopment Plan.
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SECTION 8: If any part of this Ordinance or the Amended Redevelopment Plan
which it approves is held to be invalid for any reason, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this
Ordinance or of the Amended Redevelopment Plan, and this
Council hereby declares that it would have passed the remainder
of the Ordinance or approved the remainder of the Amended
Redevelopment Plan if such invalid portion thereof had been
deleted.
S~CTION g: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after
adoption.
,~u~,Z[.Q~L1.D: The mayor shall sign this ordinance and the city clerk shall attest
and certify to the passage and adoption of it, and shall cause the
same or a summary hereof to be published in the JaJaj:l~;LV. aJJ~
Da~, a newspaper of general circulation, printed,
published, and circulated in the City of Rancho Cucamonga.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 20th day of June 2001.
AYES: Alexander, Curatalo, Williams
NOES: None
ABSENT: Dutton
ABSTAINED: Biane
William J. Alex'~nd~'r: May6r
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ATT'EST:
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I, DEBRA J. ADAMS, CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a Regular Meeting
of the Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 6th day of June 2001, and was
passed at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the
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20 h day of June 2001.
Executed this 21 st day of June 2001, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
ELe~a J. Adar~/CMC, City Clerk